Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount:Â $300
- Availability:Â Nationwide
- Direct deposit required:Â Yes, two direct deposits of $500+
- Additional requirements:Â Use promo code
- Hard/soft pull: Soft (overdraft protection no longer being offered)
- ChexSystems:Â Mixed. EWS sensitive according to the comments
- Credit card funding:Â None
- Monthly fees:Â None
- Early account termination fee:Â None
- Household limit:Â None listed
- Expiration date:Â None listed
Contents
The Offer
- Capital One is offering a $300 bonus when you open a new checking account and complete the following requirements:
- Use promo code OFFER300
- Set up and receive at least 2 direct deposits, each of $500 or more, within 75 days of account opening
The Fine Print
- Capital One reserves the right to end or change the terms of this offer at any time prior to you accepting the offer, with or without notice. Changing the terms of this offer could result in a change to any of the offer requirements such as, but not limited to, the required deposit amounts, qualified external deposit sources, the bonus amounts or expiration date. Please note that once your account is opened with a promotional code, the terms of the offer will not change without us notifying you in advance. Offers may vary.
- If you have or had an open 360 Checking, Simply Checking, or Total Control Checking account as a primary or secondary account holder with Capital One on or after January 1, 2023, you will be ineligible for the bonus. If your account is in default, closed or suspended, or otherwise not in good standing before you receive the bonus, you will not receive the bonus. No minimum balance is required to be maintained in order to receive this bonus.
- Here’s the full scoop on how to earn your $300 bonus:
- Open a 360 Checking account on or after November 13, 2024, using promotional code OFFER300.
- Set up and receive at least 2 Qualifying Direct Deposits each of $500 or more to your 360 Checking account within 75 days of account opening.
- Capital One will deposit the bonus into your account after the first two requirements listed above are completed. See below for when the bonus will be posted.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
This account has no monthly fees to worry about.
Early Account Termination Fee
There is no early account termination fee
Our Verdict
There was a $250 bonus, I said to wait for a bigger bonus as we saw $350 bonus last year. I think this $300 bonus is worth doing though and we will add it to our best bank account bonuses.
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Opened the account and chose “I’ll fund this account later”. Tried to add external account after logging in and it asked me to enter a mobile number to verify my identity, which failed (silly since it worked for the application and the login). I called to ask about this and they said it could take a couple weeks to verify the info since the number was just added. Not sure why it doesn’t show it when it’s already saved to the profile. Maybe I triggered something after unsuccessfully trying a Google Voice number during a login attempt and reverting to the saved mobile number. Or maybe the account is just too new.
Account open – 2/9
First Venmo deposit 2/11
Second Venmo deposit 2/12
Bonus posted 4/29
2/7/25- opened
Made 3 $500 deposits (2 were venmo/ one real)
4/29/25 morning- $250 bonus
I fell for the $250 ad on this site and didn’t realize there was a $300 bonus. All good tho!
Close soon and apply again in a year! Thanks all
2/4/25 – account open
2/4/25 – Sofi Deposit $501
2/5/25 – Sofi Deposit $501
4/4/25 – Withdrawal $1000
4/29/25 – $300 posted
83 days to get bonus
2.11.25 Open Account
2.13.25 Fidelity Brokerage Push into Cap1 $501
2.14.25 Fidelity Brokerage Push into Cap1 $501
4.29.25 Cha-Ching! New Account Bonus $300
2/4/2025 – Account Opened
2/13/2025 – first dd
2/27/2025 – second dd
4/29/2025 – $300 Posted
1/31/25 Opened
4/29/25 Bonus posted
88 days from account open to bonus
2025-02-12 Opened
2025-03-06 Real paycheck DD $573
2025-03-12 Ally Checking P2P Transfer $501
2025-03-19 Barclays Bank P2P Transfer (CD maturity) $6145
2025-04-17 Real paycheck DD $658
2025-04-29 $300 bonus posted
76 days from account open to bonus
has anyone who’s opened the account after 1/31 got the bonus yet? I have a feeling capone stops paying bonuses closer to month end.
I also opened on 1/31 and still haven’t received the payout. Hopefully soon
My guess is we’ll get paid in the week of 5th May
Just received my bonus
01/31/25 – Opened
02/07/25 – Chase Personal Push
02/19/25 – Chase Personal Push
04/29/25 – Bonus Posted
Same here…
Opened 1/31/25
2/5/25 Chase push $505 (external transfer)
2/14/25 Chase push $506 (external transfer)
4/29/25 Bonus posted
it works even if it doesnt say ACH, mine coded as Ext Transfer?
I opened on 2/14 and did 2 SoFi pushes on 2/14 and 2/18, no bonus yet.
For Chase, yes, it did work even though it didn’t say ACH. Mine also coded as Ext. Transfer.
2/2 acct opened
2/3 Fidelity CMA $510 EFT -> Cap One
2/10 Cap One $450 EFT -> elsewhere
2/14 Fidelity CMA $502 EFT -> Cap One
2/15 Cap One $450 EFT -> elsewhere
3/18 Fidelity CMA $503 EFT -> Cap One (probably unnecessary)
3/19 Fidelity CMA $503.50 EFT -> Cap One (probably unnecessary)
3/20 Cap One $1006 EFT -> Fidelity CMA
4/16 $300 new account bonus
Odd that people who opened in Feb got their bonus too.. i still haven’t got the bonus after 3 legit DDs too
12/4 account opened
2/6 schwab brokerage (categorized as dd)
2/13 schwab brokerage (categorized as dd)
Called today and was told promo code was never applied when in branch bruh
How much longer should I keep the account open for?
If you read comments, it does take 2-3 months for the bonus to hit the account.
Also: Please do not call the bank, especially when you are not doing real direct deposits from your work. That’s like cheating and telling on yourself. It brings it to their attention and makes it harder for the rest of us.
For churning, they seems to go by whether you’ve had an account as of January 1 of about two years prior (e.g. January 1, 2023). I’d close it before the end of the year.
Well as this is simply a checking account I don’t see any significant harm to keeping like $1 or just $0.01 in the account in case you happen to get the bonus after 75+60=135 days or less. After 135 days if you don’t get the bonus, then you could contact Capital One or just close the account and unfortunately move on, sorry.